Release Notes for XWiki 5.0.1
Last modified by Thomas Mortagne on 2017/03/24
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This is the release notes for XWiki Platform, XWiki Enterprise and XWiki Enterprise Manager. They share the same release notes as they are released together and have the same version.
This is a bugfix release triggered by an important bug (the merge was not taking into account syntax and hidden document fields).
New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 5.0)
Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 5.0.1.
Full Issue List
Failed to execute the [jira] macro. Cause: [The element type "hr" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "</hr>".]. Click on this message for details.
org.xwiki.rendering.macro.MacroExecutionException: Failed to retrieve JIRA data from [https://jira.xwiki.org] for JQL [Project in ("XWiki Commons", "XWiki Rendering", "XWiki Platform", "XWiki Enterprise", "XWiki Enterprise Manager") and fixVersion in ("5.0.1") and resolution in ("Fixed") and component not in ("Build, Infrastructure and Tests")] at org.xwiki.contrib.jira.macro.internal.source.AbstractJIRADataSource.getXMLDocument(AbstractJIRADataSource.java:93) at org.xwiki.contrib.jira.macro.internal.source.JQLJIRADataSource.getData(JQLJIRADataSource.java:56) at org.xwiki.contrib.jira.macro.internal.JIRAMacro.execute(JIRAMacro.java:87) at org.xwiki.contrib.jira.macro.internal.JIRAMacro.execute(JIRAMacro.java:46) at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.transformation.macro.MacroTransformation.transform(MacroTransformation.java:272) at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.transformation.DefaultRenderingContext.transformInContext(DefaultRenderingContext.java:183) at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.transformation.DefaultTransformationManager.performTransformations(DefaultTransformationManager.java:95) at org.xwiki.display.internal.DocumentContentDisplayer.display(DocumentContentDisplayer.java:263) at org.xwiki.display.internal.DocumentContentDisplayer.display(DocumentContentDisplayer.java:133) at org.xwiki.display.internal.DocumentContentDisplayer.display(DocumentContentDisplayer.java:58) at org.xwiki.display.internal.DefaultDocumentDisplayer.display(DefaultDocumentDisplayer.java:96) at org.xwiki.display.internal.DefaultDocumentDisplayer.display(DefaultDocumentDisplayer.java:39) at org.xwiki.sheet.internal.SheetDocumentDisplayer.display(SheetDocumentDisplayer.java:123) at org.xwiki.sheet.internal.SheetDocumentDisplayer.display(SheetDocumentDisplayer.java:52) at org.xwiki.display.internal.ConfiguredDocumentDisplayer.display(ConfiguredDocumentDisplayer.java:68) at org.xwiki.display.internal.ConfiguredDocumentDisplayer.display(ConfiguredDocumentDisplayer.java:42) at com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument.display(XWikiDocument.java:1159) at com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument.getRenderedContent(XWikiDocument.java:1200) at com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument.getRenderedContent(XWikiDocument.java:1177) at com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument.getRenderedContent(XWikiDocument.java:1208) at com.xpn.xwiki.api.Document.getRenderedContent(Document.java:694) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor366.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:395) at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:384) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:173) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:280) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.value(ASTReference.java:567) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTExpression.value(ASTExpression.java:71) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTSetDirective.render(ASTSetDirective.java:142) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:342) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:106) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72) at org.xwiki.velocity.introspection.TryCatchDirective.render(TryCatchDirective.java:87) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:207) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:342) at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.DefaultVelocityEngine.evaluateInternal(DefaultVelocityEngine.java:259) at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.DefaultVelocityEngine.evaluate(DefaultVelocityEngine.java:222) at com.xpn.xwiki.render.DefaultVelocityManager.evaluate(DefaultVelocityManager.java:361) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.evaluateContent(InternalTemplateManager.java:790) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:667) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:645) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:616) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:602) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.DefaultTemplateManager.render(DefaultTemplateManager.java:77) at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.evaluateTemplate(XWiki.java:2102) at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:2080) at com.xpn.xwiki.api.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:886) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor296.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:395) at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:384) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:173) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:280) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:369) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:216) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:311) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:230) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:207) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:342) at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.DefaultVelocityEngine.evaluateInternal(DefaultVelocityEngine.java:259) at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.DefaultVelocityEngine.evaluate(DefaultVelocityEngine.java:222) at com.xpn.xwiki.render.DefaultVelocityManager.evaluate(DefaultVelocityManager.java:361) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.evaluateContent(InternalTemplateManager.java:790) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:667) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:645) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:616) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:602) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.DefaultTemplateManager.render(DefaultTemplateManager.java:77) at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.evaluateTemplate(XWiki.java:2102) at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:2080) at com.xpn.xwiki.api.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:886) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor296.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:395) at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:384) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:173) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:280) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:369) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:216) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:311) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:230) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:207) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:87) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:342) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:106) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:342) at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.DefaultVelocityEngine.evaluateInternal(DefaultVelocityEngine.java:259) at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.DefaultVelocityEngine.evaluate(DefaultVelocityEngine.java:222) at com.xpn.xwiki.render.DefaultVelocityManager.evaluate(DefaultVelocityManager.java:361) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.evaluateContent(InternalTemplateManager.java:790) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:667) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:645) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:616) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:602) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.DefaultTemplateManager.render(DefaultTemplateManager.java:77) at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.evaluateTemplate(XWiki.java:2102) at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:2080) at com.xpn.xwiki.api.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:886) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor296.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:395) at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:384) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:173) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:280) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:369) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:216) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:311) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:230) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:207) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:342) at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.DefaultVelocityEngine.evaluateInternal(DefaultVelocityEngine.java:259) at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.DefaultVelocityEngine.evaluate(DefaultVelocityEngine.java:222) at com.xpn.xwiki.render.DefaultVelocityManager.evaluate(DefaultVelocityManager.java:361) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.evaluateContent(InternalTemplateManager.java:790) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:667) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:645) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:616) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:602) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.DefaultTemplateManager.render(DefaultTemplateManager.java:77) at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.evaluateTemplate(XWiki.java:2102) at com.xpn.xwiki.web.Utils.parseTemplate(Utils.java:180) at com.xpn.xwiki.web.XWikiAction.execute(XWikiAction.java:463) at com.xpn.xwiki.web.XWikiAction.execute(XWikiAction.java:210) at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:425) at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:228) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1913) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(ActionServlet.java:449) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:620) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208) at com.xpn.xwiki.web.ActionFilter.doFilter(ActionFilter.java:112) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208) at org.xwiki.wysiwyg.server.filter.ConversionFilter.doFilter(ConversionFilter.java:127) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208) at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208) at org.xwiki.container.servlet.filters.internal.SetHTTPHeaderFilter.doFilter(SetHTTPHeaderFilter.java:63) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208) at org.xwiki.container.servlet.filters.internal.SavedRequestRestorerFilter.doFilter(SavedRequestRestorerFilter.java:208) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208) at org.xwiki.container.servlet.filters.internal.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:111) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208) at org.xwiki.resource.servlet.RoutingFilter.doFilter(RoutingFilter.java:136) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:220) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:503) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:170) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:950) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:421) at org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpProcessor.process(AjpProcessor.java:190) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:611) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:314) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) Caused by: org.jdom2.input.JDOMParseException: Error on line 1: The element type "hr" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "</hr>". at org.jdom2.input.sax.SAXBuilderEngine.build(SAXBuilderEngine.java:232) at org.jdom2.input.sax.SAXBuilderEngine.build(SAXBuilderEngine.java:253) at org.jdom2.input.SAXBuilder.build(SAXBuilder.java:1091) at org.xwiki.contrib.jira.macro.internal.source.HTTPJIRAFetcher.retrieveRemoteDocument(HTTPJIRAFetcher.java:108) at org.xwiki.contrib.jira.macro.internal.source.HTTPJIRAFetcher.fetch(HTTPJIRAFetcher.java:73) at org.xwiki.contrib.jira.macro.internal.source.AbstractJIRADataSource.getXMLDocument(AbstractJIRADataSource.java:91) ... 177 more Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 1; columnNumber: 1150; The element type "hr" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "</hr>". at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLScanner.reportFatalError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.jdom2.input.sax.SAXBuilderEngine.build(SAXBuilderEngine.java:217) ... 182 more
Tested Browsers & Databases
Here's the list of browsers we support and how they've been tested specifically for this release:
Browser | Tested | Details | |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | Google Chrome 26 | Partially | Manual Test Report for XWiki 5.0.1 |
![]() | Mozilla Firefox 20 | Not Tested | |
![]() | Internet Explorer 8 | Not Tested | |
![]() | Internet Explorer 9 | Not Tested |
Here's the list of databases we support and how they've been tested specifically for this release:
Database | Tested | Details | |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | HyperSQL 2.2.9 | Partially | Manual Test Report for XWiki 5.0.1 |
![]() | MySQL 5.6.10 | Not Tested | |
![]() | Oracle 11.2 | Not Tested | |
![]() | PostgreSQL 9.1.3 | Not Tested |
Known issues
Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes
General Notes
You may also want to import the default wiki XAR in order to benefit from all the improvements listed above.
Always make sure you compare your xwiki.cfg and xwiki.properties files with the newest version since some configuration parameters were added. Note that you should add xwiki.store.migration=1 so that XWiki will attempt to automatically migrate your current database to the new schema. Make sure you backup your Database before doing anything.
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Created by Thomas Mortagne on 2013/05/07